ineptitude

英 [ɪˈneptɪtjuːd]

美 [ɪˈneptɪtuːd]

n.  缺乏技巧; 无能; 笨拙

复数：ineptitudes　

GRE法律

BNC.20678 / COCA.20958

牛津词典

noun

• 缺乏技巧；无能；笨拙
  lack of skill
  1. the ineptitude of the police in handling the situation
     警方在处理这个局面时的无能

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 无能;笨拙
  If you refer to someone'sineptitude, you are criticizing them because they do something with a complete lack of skill.
  1. ...the tactical ineptitude of the allied commander.
     盟军指挥官战术上的无能

英英释义

noun

• having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful
  1. the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness
  Synonym:worthlessness
• unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
  Synonym:awkwardnessclumsinessineptnessmaladroitnessslowness

双语例句

• Can't forbear criticizing their ineptitude.
  禁不住要批评他们的笨拙。
• It gained an advantage over silk, tea or gauze export in terms of price trends, fluctuation and actual price. The Prime Minister kept on top of the Opposition more by their ineptitude than by his own skill.
  其价格走势、震荡程度、实际价格与同时期主要进出口商品丝茶、纱布相比具有相对优势地位。是反对党的无能，而非他个人的领导艺术，使该首相处于优势地位。
• To spoil or lose through ineptitude.
  因无能而坏事或受损。
• The Palestinians have lost at every turn, mostly through their own ineptitude.
  巴勒斯坦人已经失去动辄大多是通过自己的不称职。
• Is "sorry" the best America gets for the ineptitude, incompetence, reckless and abusive behaviors of those on Wall Street and their regulatory overseers in Washington after driving our markets and economy over the cliff?
  在那些华尔街菁英以及华盛顿的监管官员们种种无知无畏而又无法无天的行为将我们的市场和经济推下悬崖后，我们能听到的就只是一声“抱歉”吗？
• In the book she speaks of his “ social ineptitude ” and says he verbally abused her
  她在书中提到他“缺乏社交技能”，并且说他曾经对她出言不逊。
• Against the backdrop of ineptitude and risk-aversion at TEPCO headquarters, admiration for him is understandable.
  鉴于东电总部的无能和不敢正视风险的态度，吉田雅夫受到敬仰是可以理解的。
• Had you won even two more games it would have cost us the wild card, so really, we're here because of you're complete ineptitude against us.
  如果你再多赢两场或更多场比赛将使我们丧失外卡的名额，所以说真的，我们能有今天是因为你完全打不赢我们。
• The feeling of physical ineptitude was humiliating enough, but even more frustrating was the sense that there was something worth grasping, and that it was eluding me.
  感觉自己的身体条件差已足以让人感到羞辱，而更令人沮丧的是，你感觉有些东西值得去掌握，却掌握不了。
• He also wishes to comment upon the ineptitude and insignificance of human beings in relation to our own mortality and the magnificence and endlessness of nature.
  同时他也想谈论的是，相对于我们自身的死亡和伟大恒久的大自然，人类的无能及渺小。